Essence Festival has served as a celebration of Black culture, creativity, and entrepreneurship for over 30 years. However, for 2025, the event sparked more critical conversations-both online and in ...

The most recent edition of Essence Fest earlier this month sparked several controversies. What needs to happen for it to rate ...

I vividly remember the very first National Fried Chicken Festival opening its gates in 2016 at a tiny park in New Orleans ...

Thirty years ago, what began as a one-time celebration of Black excellence has now grown into one of the most powerful ...

Meanwhile, hair beads are one of the most preserved hair decals in the African diaspora, connecting us to our ancestors while preserving the communal culture of braiding. Wearing her daughter’s black ...

To celebrate the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, H&M hosted influencers, industry executives, and fashion tastemakers at ...

Essence Festival's Beautycon stage goers share the inspiration behind their fabulous hair looks.

Presented by the Civic Imagination Project, "Stories of Us" is a living archive of Black resilience, designed to take up ...

The best-selling author and viral funnyman opens up about being scammed, undervalued and why betting on Black talent is ...

Florida Courier contributor Lisa Rogers Cherry and her daughter, Chayla, attended part of last week’s Essence Festival in New ...

Hosted at the swanky Jolie, the evening celebrated the industry’s flyest IT-girls who partied the night away with Juvenile and the Southern University Human Jukebox drumline while basking in ...

ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...